Whitesbog Blueberry Festival
Browns Mills, NJ · Food & Drink
- When
- June 19 – July 10, 2027
- Where
- Whitesbog Historic Village · Browns Mills · NJ
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A summer-long celebration at the birthplace of the cultivated highbush blueberry, where Elizabeth White and USDA botanist Frederick Coville first domesticated the fruit in the early 1900s. Held on select Fridays and Saturdays through the blueberry harvest, it mixes historic village tours with picking, baked goods, and live music. The festival has run in some form for more than 40 years and draws thousands of visitors each season.
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